Where does “Konspirationstheorie” come from?

Konspirationstheorie (German) comes from German Theorie — theory.

Konspirationstheorie (German): conspiracy theory

Definitions

  1. conspiracy theory

Ancestry of “Konspirationstheorie”, step by step

Konspirationstheorie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Theorie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTheorietheory

via German Konspiration

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKonspirationconspiration
Every word from German Theorie